Book Club Editions Book of the month clubs often use the same printing plates as the original publisher, right down to the words "First Edition" on the printing history.You can buy a guide to identifying first editions to make some sense of the confusion. Adding to the confusion, publishers will often change the way that they identify first editions. Publishers will sometimes forget to remove the 'First Edition' words from the printing history as they go into subsequent printings, and the number line is the only way that you can really know that your copy is a first edition. Even the words 'First Edition' aren't a guarantee. Each publisher uses their own individual system to state a first printing of a book. Later printings: Publishers don't use any standardized systems for identifying a first edition.Reprints will often have the original publisher's name on the pages in the book, but the book binding will identify the name of the reprint publisher. One way to check if your copy is a reprint is to compare the name of the publisher on the book's spine to the name of the publisher on the title page. Burt, and Grosset & Dunlop, to name just a few, would use the printing plates from the original publisher and reprint works long after their popularity was established. Reprint editions: Some publishers specialized in reprinting popular works in affordable reprint editions.Make sure that the copy you have matches the copy that is being offered.There are a number of ways that a book may, at first glance, look to be a rare collectible, but upon closer examination doesn't match up.A missing dust jacket, or a dust jacket that is in poor condition, can cut a collectible book's value more than 50%, and make it harder to find a buyer. The dust jacket is both the most decorative part of a book, and the most delicate. Most hard cover books published since the early 20th century were sold with a dust jacket. A book collector wants an attractive copy. A book that has significant damage is likely not worth much. Condition means everything in a book's value.Find Books Advanced search A few things to keep in mind:
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